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Geography of Homer’s Odyssey: Mapping Odysseus’s Epic Voyage
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Ancient Roman mosaic showing Ulysses (Odysseus) tied to the mast of a ship with five crew members, from the House of Dionysus and Ulysses at Dougga, Tunisia. Interactive map introduction for Odysseus's Voyage, with instructions and a Start Journey button over a faded map of the Mediterranean region.
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Ancient Roman mosaic showing Ulysses (Odysseus) tied to the mast of a ship with five crew members, from the House of Dionysus and Ulysses at Dougga, Tunisia.
Ulysses and the Sirens Ulysses (also called Odysseus) tied to the ship's mast as he and his men are encountering the Sirens, detail of a Roman mosaic from the House of Dionysus and Ulysses at Dougga (Thugga), Tunisia; now in the National Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia.

Geography of Homer’s Odyssey: Mapping Odysseus’s Epic Voyage

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Gitanjali Roy
Gitanjali Roy is deputy managing editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media.
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A cave that deceptively offers shelter, an island overrun by wild animals, a strait flanked by deadly sea monsters—Odysseus’s 10-year journey after the Trojan War takes him through some of the most famous places in literature. His voyage is detailed by Homer in the Odyssey, a chronicle of the maritime obstacle course that Odysseus traverses in order to get home to Ithaca. The choices he makes at his many stops—notably the revealing of his name...

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